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Inside this issue:

Women's Summit Form 2Honor Roll 3IT / STEM Careers 4DreamBox 4Bowling 4Student Led Conferences 5Basketball Schedule 5Middle Years 6-7

Individual Graduation Plans 8

Irmo Middle School6051 Wescott RoadColumbia, SC 29212(803) 476-3600

www.lexrich5.org/imsSchool Hours:

8:20 a.m.—

3:35 p.m.

If you have news for theBuzz, email Allison Redickat [email protected].

January 25, 20

Dates to Remember:

Tues 1/26 G40 Mtg. 7:45-8:10

Media Center SIC/PTSO Mtgs. 5:30

Front Conf. RoomThurs 1/28

C Team Basketball @DFMS 5:30Fri 1/29 FCA Mtg. 7:40-8:10

AM Room 904Sat 1/30 IMS Science Field Trip

to Newberry College

The Buzz at Irmo Middle School

“Creating successful students for the challenges of tomorrow” Robert S. Jackson, Ed.S., Principal

[email protected] https://twitter.com/IMS_Principal

At IMS on Choiceor 6th Grade Magnetthen you DO have to complete a Choice Applicationwithin the window which

ends Feb 5th at 5 pm.Already Zoned for IMS

then you do NOT have tocomplete a Choice Applicationfor 7th or 8th grade.

D5 CHOICE and Magnet Programs for School Year 2016-2017

Can be found at: http://www.lexrich5.org/departments.cfm?subpage=90210

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Your are Invited to Brunchconnecng forward think-

ing teen girls with career

women.

Saturday Jan 30th

Capital City Club

1201 Main Str, #2500

Columbia SC 29201

Meet powerful women in the arts, business, educaon, indus-

try, healthcare and more. Learn their secrets of success and

nd out how they made their dreams reality.

Event is open to all young women, 7—12 grades.

Door Prizes / $15.00 per student.

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At IMS, the expectation is that all students maximize their potential and demonstrate

skill attainment through their academic performance. We are pleased to announce

the 262 students who have earned outstanding recognition through the "A" and "AB"

Honor Rolls for the 2nd Quarter. The "A Honor Roll" includes 73 students making all A's

for the 2nd Quarter. The "AB Honor Roll" includes 172 making all A's and B's for the 2nd

Quarter. In addition to the names that are on this released list, 17 additional students

whose names could not be released due to media release requests also made the A or ABhonor roll. The students who are being recognized via this media release are:

"A" HONOR ROLL (73): Kelvin Anderson, Ny'Asia Badger, Breana Belton, Karis Bland, Jackson Bos-

worth, Dakota Bruccoli, Sophie Bull, Gracie Burdette, Julia Bykalo, Megan Cipolla, Nicolas Colorado, Ra-

chel Cruz, Caroline Culbreath, Abigail Curran, Christina Dobrowolski, Lauren Dodds, Matthew Dudley, Is-

abelle Field, Abrigail Gadson, Devyn Gragg, Gracelyn Grant, Morgan Grooms, Cathrine Hall, Demuntae

Harris-Morris, Claire Henke, Juliana Hoke, Serenity Hunter, Carlos Iglesias, Shruti Jadhav, Abby Jones,

Janhvi Kartik, Joshua Knight, Aniya Lee, Christopher Lewis, Paul Matheny, Victoria May, Nykia Miller,

Andreneikki Mobley, Zachary Mosley, Shawn Moya, James Ostergaard, Zachary Paschal, Harrison Pham,

Sierra Prince, Zachary Raouf, Allie Ray, Neha Rayala, William Reeves, Kaila Reid, Sydney Rhue, Kamon-

trey Robinson, Calvary Romleski, David Ross, Mark Sheldon, Abigail Shirley, Tanvi Singh, Gavin Sin-

gletary, Kendall Smith, Victoria Smith, Bryson Stutts, Meghna Subramanium, Benedek Szalai, Reid Tay-lor, Benjamin Tidwell, Curtis Tillmann, Trinh Tran, Lindsey Vane, Meaghan Waddell, Jada Washington,

Sean Wright, Kevin Yang, Arianna Yoder, and Jessica Zwisle

"AB" HONOR ROLL (172): Robert Abernethy, Kahlei Aguilar, Wafa Al-Shaeri, Isaiah Allgeyer, Elizabeth

Anderson, Prisca Arendash, Quentin Armstead, Seth Bailey, Katherine Bannister, Timothy Barr, Andrzej

Baruk, Emma Bassett, Emily Beale, Tomiah Berry, Margaret Blankenship-Brown, Mary Blankenship-

Brown, Natalie Boan, Caitlin Boisture, Alec Bowie, Autumn Boykin, Christian Braswell, Alena Brown, Ca-

daisha Brown, Ezra Brown, Y'Keria Bunch, William Burgin, Alaura Cakley, Sophia Caley, Angel Cama-

rena, Cameron Ciriello, Reece Clifton, Alice Constable, Charity Cook, Henry Cooper, Caylin Cowley, Mari-

yah Curbeam, Summer Davidson, Victoria Davis, Jake Debenport, James Denning, Glenn Dillon, Taylor

Donohue-Wix, Carleigh Duffie, Jamia East, Corinne Everling, Lexington Fairbanks, Savannah Faust, Cier-

ra Felder, Madeleine Felkel, Addison Floyd, Khalil Fludd, Timothy Free, Brendan Gall, Akyra Garrett, Shania Gaston, Joseph Gentry, Mikaili Gilliard, Emmanuel Gonzalez, Tyreek Graham, Richard Grover, Sai

Gudapati, Emma Gutshall, Mallory Haney, Terrance Hardnett, Da'Marcus Hare, Saquoia Harris, Andrea

Hartman, Elisha Heflick, John Heflick, Connor Hempy, Sophia Henderson, Helen Hewitt, Coleman Hilton,

Simon Holland, Kennidy Jenkins, Audrey Johnson, Danielle Johnson, Jordan Johnson, Shaniece Jones,

Meredith Joyner, Fozaan Khan, Corali Kimura, Savannah Kitchens, Leena Latham, Shellene Lawrence,

Megan Layton, Simya Levine, Mia Louden, Rivaldy Louis, Zoe Lyles, Bri'Aunna Manns, Makayla Martin,

Kyla McBeth, Kaima McCary, Jarell McCray, Jailah McDaniels, Makenzie McFadden, Seneca McFarland,

Isabella Mendenhall, Emelia Miano, Lawrence Miao, Mosebh Micah, Neghemi Micah, Anthony Mieras,

Alexis Miller, Donald Mills, Eric Mistoler, James Morris, Julexy Mota, Caitlyn Murphy, Liana Negron, Bai

ley Nicholas, William Nye, Uchenna Ogbonna, Emily Olivieri, Andrew Olshine, Alexis Palmer, Leslie Par-

ker, Noah Parker, British Perkins, Robert Petruzzi, Laura Marie Phipps, Ashton Porterfield, Kendall Press

ley, McKenzie Priest, Anthony Ramirez Leyva, Elijah Ramos, Jahqui Rather, Amari Rice, Kynsley Robbs,Isabel Roberts, Wyatt Robinson, Catherine Rooney, Cody Russell, William Salter, Shekinah Sanders,

Matalyn Schellinger, Zachary Schellinger, Hayden Scudder, Parker Shaffer, Logan Shealy, Emma Shirley,

Tamia Simpkins, Carson Sims, Victoria Skinner, Tyler Smith, Olivia Solet, Teagan Spearen, Kaliyah Spen-

cer, Rachel Stephens, Brayden Stevens, Cory Stewart, Cade Stocker, Grant Stroman, Korinna Stroud, Alex

ander Su, Ryan Thiret, Jhamari Thomas, Madeleine Thomas, Zakary Thomas, Sylvester Tran, Alyssa Tuck

er, Hannah Vaughan, Carly Vega, Samantha Welch, Alexis Westbrook, Kamille Whaley, Shannon Williams

Alexander Winfree, Trista Lynn Winfree, Ollie Wooden, Elise Yandle, and Andre Zelaski.

We would like to congratulate these 262 students along with their parents and teachers for their accom-

plishments. Also, we want to encourage them to continue their scholarly pursuits toward high academic

recognition and master our Habits of Scholarship that will allow them to accomplish their college and caree

goals.


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Are you interested in IT/STEM careers?

We are thrilled to announce IMS students have been selected

by Midlands Educaon and Business Alliance (MEBA) to parci-

pate in an IT/STEM day at Colonial Life.

All IMS students interested in IT/STEM careers are eligible toaend. 30 IMS students, 10 (6th

graders), 10 (7th

graders), and

10 (8th

graders) will be able to parcipate in this experience at Colonial Life on March 8th, 2016 from 10 AM-1

PM. Our students will receive hands on experiences with IT/STEM. Some of the acvies may include a scaven-

ger hunt, learning about creang apps, and building a simulator.

Lunch will be provided while at Colonial Life. The total expense for each student will be $6 for the bus cost. We

are not being charged for the experience or lunch.

The goal of the event is to promote careers in IT/STEM and share what Colonial Life actually does.

How to reserve your spot: Starng February 1st

at 8:30 AM, the rst 10 students from each grade that pays the

$6 to the Career Specialist, Allison Redick, in Records across from the School Counselors oce, will have theirspace reserved to aend. Registraon will end on February 8

th. At the me the students pay, they will then be

given 2 forms to be signed by a parent/guardian:

A District permission form

A Colonial Life media release form.

Also, we have 2 spaces for parent volunteers. There is no charge for the parent volunteers. Parents, if you are

interested in aending, please contact Allison Redick at 476-3668 or [email protected].

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Project Dream Box

#DreamBox Project for the Jeerson Awards Foundaon and the LEAD 360 organizaon

Please help us to collect 36 shoe boxes in 20 days lled with new and gently used school

supplies, journals and leers of encouragement

Please send all items to Mrs. Hilton Room 900

Thanks for your support!

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Bowling Teams

Two Irmo Middle School students were invited to join 2 of District 5's HighSchool Varsity Bowling Teams. Since Irmo High does not eld a team stu-

dents are able to play for any of the other District 5 schools.

Alana Haynes is bowling for the Dutch Fork High School Girls Team and

Joe Gentry is bowling for the Chapin High School Boys Team.

They Bowl on Wednesday or Thursday evening at 3 lanes in the Columbia

Area.

Thursday 1/28 they will be at Royal Z lanes on Two Notch at 5pm.

Thursday 2/4 they be at Anchor Lanes at 5pm.


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Attention Parents

Student Led Conferences

Student-Led Conferences (SLC) are conferences in which students communicate their progress towards aca-demic learning targets and Habits of Scholarship.

Why are we doing them at Irmo Middle School? How does it impact student achievement? When studentsare a part of the conferences, they have more ownership in the learning process with increased student successStudents have an opportunity to present their work and reflect on learning.

When: Student-Led Conferences will take place in March 2016 for all IMS students.

6th Grade March 7-11 7th Grade March 21-25 8th Grade March 14-18

What Should Parents Expect: Students select work as a part of their Student Portfolio to present. They have a

opportunity to self assess progress and areas for improvement. Parents have the opportunity to share in theirstudent’s development and see first hand student growth.

Look out soon for your student’s personal written conference invitation to attend their SLC!!!

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What are IndividualGraduaon Plans (IGP)?

The Economic Development Act (EEDA) was passed in 2005. The implementaon of this law was designed tobeer prepare yourself for what you want to do aer high school and to help you and your parents/guardians

make informed decisions about your educaon and future. The core of this law is the idea of planning. You,

along with your parent, will begin to create an IGP in the 8th

grade as you prepare to enter the high school. Dur-

ing this me, you will select a cluster of study as you map out courses to take in high school. A career cluster is a

way of organizing classes around an occupaonal group. Each year in high school, you will review your IGP with

guidance counselor and changes can be made based on your interest.

The Guidance Department will be scheduling the IGP meengs for 8th graders. You will receive a leer in the

mail over the next few of months which will have a scheduled appointment me. This meeng will allow your

student to choose a cluster of study. This plan can be changed and will be re-visited each year during registra-

on. If you have a conict or unable to aend the assigned appointment me, please contact Allison Redick a

803-476-3668 or email at [email protected].

Tips for ParentsIn helping your childchose a Career path:

Start young. Develop career awareness by discuss-ing career opportunies when reading books and

newspapers, watching television and observing

worksites.

Support you child’s eorts to assess his or her own

interests, aptudes, values and work styles.

Share your job experiences. A child delights in hearing about his or her parents’ jobs.

Encourage parcipaon in job shadowing and internship opportunies.

Help your child understand the value and importance of his or her academic courses for success in a future

career.

6. Advise your child that there is more than one educaon pathway to a good job. More than 50% of the fast-

est growing jobs require an associate’s degree. There are a variety of routes to success: on the job training,

technical college, four year college, apprenceships or the military.

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